The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21
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! i-tE II hNOWAr That on uhe aOhh day
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qualified for tho Parish Of GAlDasiHB and state
Louisiana and On Tbs presence OF witnesses heTtii
amer named aud nnGersg nel lleInlaslN came 81
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corporation 3ol WoiEs o. PnhhN lltEfoNesiiei'ss
etc, they nave loflneI themselves lbSo anu az u
these presents form themselves ante anu consult
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This company shall enjoy succession and retain
its corporate existence for the period OF ninety
nina{9Q yHnTs fTOm its foundation. The President
of the company, and IN his ntaseucO the ceoreia7E
u 6eIeb Nv egPt d SU TIC nicer on On whom ali
citations and other legal pIooess sha Se seTSe1
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device as the B0aIn Of A'lfeoiofs may aetoslinhe
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oPe5ag such sa9TaS 'a sIf a AMI ora Isj5
Board Of Directors may AZ and To- establish and
maintain IA connection WIN s4iu raltoa1l az nee
essaFy freight ana passenger sp9ls Sl. ollleL aC
oess0ries. e. reconstruct, bulld, anu thereafter
own, maintain anu qse az a faairoaG upon sue3A
course and along such route and with such tracks
as the Board Of Directors o. SAID company may
deem proper and e1pedlent, 70 run from point At
Jennings, on NE Louisiana =" esGelL IsaIifoad III
me parish OF C51casleG, IN y s2utle1sgsrtS glITo
1On thro4Rh Inc paIlsl q SAGasieu 10 Lake
arthur thence sCntheasG tnfo0gh IAle parish o.
Y eIh!l4on 70 polhI bia4V may De nAou DS saa9
bOaIu Of DlrecJOrs On the Day o. HeIL4Stoh, Blu
70 looaEe !I Iiill ~ use "a %
ll0h wan SAIL t8llIusu, an heoeSslL? HtlBlI anu
passenger oePots anu olneI aeSGss"il6s' lhCludiIS
such saue LfackS' PuIh-olbS anu DLAhehes AS salu
bOatu OF DlfeetofS lhay IlA OF uoelh proper
ARTICLE "
The capital stock of this COMPANY Is hereby
fixed at FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ES5, 600 OO0)
TO be represented by one hundred Thousand shares
OF byr, ptsntf tn hn
paid for in cash at the time Of subscription, aud
tRe B Ra9oe Of a. i1 lanes a Boo s ~ MI
seriPtion shall be oPened n The town Of JeD
n1hgs as soon as POsslol' Albel Ilie Ots4nlAAttoh
OF The BOaFu OF Directors ana 'he hAlhE OF Inc
Terms OF snch subscription anu sLaIl remain open
III the discretion OF ih' huhIuoI DlieebVIs5 anu az
soon a. twenty thOusahu shares art huhseIlbb'
tme building OF Inc foaN may ~ vnlFf"N upon anu
al powers OF Inns O." Polall"h SHE'LL lAeio4POh vest
ana d" INTO ohocI' ,,-
be ygsIsd in a BuaTd of Directors composed of
thirteen stockholders WILLIAM CARY VII
LIAM =. DANIELS. WILLIAM Fl. HARRIS
EUGENE DECIIAMPS III. A. u. MCFARLAIN,
DESIRE HEBERI NALERY lEDOUN SYIg
VESTEE L. CARY DELINO DEROUEN,
DAVID d. ANDRUS EDWARD X. SHANK
LIN LUCIUS 5. CUTTING D. f. SWEET
and are hereby declared 10 be the first Board of
Directors, who shall hold office until their sue.
cessors shall be duly elected On the first SATURDAY.
in January, Eighteen Hundred and Eigty-eieht
(lSss aud on the same day annually thereafter al
election for the Board of Directors shal bU held at
tho office Of the COMPANY III the town Of Jennings
La All directors and officers shall hold office for
the term Of one wear frou the date Of their election
and upfiI their surc4sstrs shall have b,tu duly
elected and qualified Each share of stock shall be-
entitled to ono vote and the majority Of The, votes
cast at all elections shall elect An elections
shaI be- by ballot and a uckhulder must VOTE
his stock other III person OF by written proxy.
Vacancies occurring in the Board In the intervals
between eleetious shall be filed by the Board
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tions for the government OF the affairs and bust
when necessary. They snail Annually elect one
Of the members of The Board of Directors To be
President of the ,OrpoFntiop and another 10 lbs
ViCe-PIgsident TAty shall also annuDIl, elect >,
Secretary and Treasurer.
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ARTICLE VII.
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Tp;iS aliI, IN ~ \ ~ ~ any SsnoI
laws Of the state upon the subject Of the sonsoii
da5iun of railroad corpUratiopa. At the termina-
ton OF This charter or on the disspIDtion al fhe
corporation the affairs of the COInDapy shall he
iaaidated by three Commissioners. who shall
be appointed bv the EtOckhOlders from their
number. II this charter expires BY lIpitstioD.
said commissioners shall be appointed bv ballot
at a general meeting Of stOCk6oldeFs called for
that purpose and advertised as above and If a
| dissolution takes place by vote then said com.
InissbHeTB RhRll 30 appointed at O meeting called
| to dissolve the same as above sci FORTH Said
| commissioners shall be appointed bv ballot and
| it shall require a majority of the stOekhOlders
| present and voting to elect The said stOckhold.
ers shall establish the terms and manner Of which
said liquidation shall be made, and define the
siuners and the manner Of filing vacancies IN
| their number If any should occur.
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AN1ACLS vii
No staokbnlder of tbis oarn,oTy- sbsr s,,o, he
/ liable or responsihle for the 6optTaCfs dsbfs m
faults Of Ale pomnaI,v in any 5IlTtbsr aay tLoy
Ihe nnuaid baIaneg sius II fhs CnInTgT,tI ~, wv
shares ownsd by him, nor shall anv mere foTmS
IN n 9rganizine have tbs eeCt 81 Fep5,yna ~
charter null and Of exposing stookhoIdeF fa am
Tbns done and passed Al nv Ofiice In tho to,,y,
of Jepnings Tbe dsy month and 100, a. 49,
written h the pTesence 81 TftsTI,s = EoSgoS
| and TIIoMAs e. MAHAFI5y counefant zv;tnasses
reading in ihis tgyn of Tenpinfs ITLo baz 6eTo
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